Drone Ideas

[Cognisant]

I get these all the time.

Radar Decoy
Probably already exists, basically just a miniaturized stealth jet that listens for enemy radar and responds with a spoof signal, basically saying "you can't see me or if you can you don't care because there's something much bigger just behind me" the idea being to cause the enemy to waste radar guided missiles firing at nothing or to provide a distraction, y'know keep those interceptors low on fuel.

Cheap Radar Decoy
The shell of a much more expensive craft over a cheap engine and frame, some missiles cost tens of thousands of dollars so if they're used to destroy targets worth half that then who's winning really?

Sheep/Goats
A walking robot that looks like a domestic quadruped, not fast but quiet, looks like a regular animal on thermal, might just be a visual/auditory spy, might have onboard explosives, might have a sniper rifle up its ass, could even walk across a road/path shitting caltrops, the possibilities are endless.

Flying Tripod
Inspired by the ParaMoto Trike it's just the same thing, ruggedised, autonomous and with a gun mounted on it, and if it could parachute down vertically that would be ideal, making it a remote controlled sniping platform, supply delivery vehicle, scout, or even a light assault platform for difficult terrain.

Flying Aircraft Carrier
This is just silly, but cool, obviously unmanned, a giant flying wing fuselage (it will never land and I have no idea how you'd get it up in the first place), possibly nuclear powered, slow as hell (it will have to be the most efficient aircraft ever built) and probably has a turning circle that just fits in UK airspace. The scenario in which such a thing is practical is absurd, you have to assume your enemy has absolutely no anti-aircraft capability at all and can get around fast enough to warrant this thing chasing them, it's never going to happen.
Ground Affect? Also absurd.
Hydrofoil? Also absurd.
Submersible? ...

Submersible Aircraft Carrier
If unmanned this thing could be an utter bastard, typical submarines are relative to their weight incredibly fragile because the pressure differential works in favor to any external pressure, say from an explosion. But if there's no people inside and the armor is designed to be compressible (like a rubber shock absorber on a dodgem-car) then the pressure needed to damage the armor/frame increases and on a larger craft with thicker armor and/or a greater capacity for compression (thus absorption) there's fewer and fewer things that even have a chance at damaging it.

Now long range sonar is a sketchy business and radar isn't going to spot this thing either and with the right camouflage you won't spot it from space, unless you're looking with IR but there's ways of making that harder to spot/identify. So to find this thing you need to get close to it, which will be a pain in the ass because being an aircraft carrier it can find/track/attack you from a LONG range, light aircraft will struggle to carry enough firepower to damage it (especially while being attacked by interceptors) and aircraft are usually a submarine's worst enemy making an aircraft carrier the last thing they want to get close enough to be spotted by.

Of course nothing is invincible but in terms of diplomatic power the threat of an aircraft carrier can be crucial, the prospect of one that could be anywhere would give whoever owns it a leg up in negotiations.

 

[Goku]

an army of drones carrying condensed MDMA which it then vaporizes into the atmosphere, thereby producing euphoric effects to people worldwide, and thus ending all wars, finally providing world peace.

 

[Cognisant]

Until we come down, or starve.

 

[Goku]

Game Changing Military Invention: The Neutralizer

The Neutralizer is not only a state-of-the art unmanned drone, it also sports some of the most advanced military weaponry the world has ever seen. This is borderline Star Trek stuff.

No one we know of has made a visual sighting, but files obtained from Edward Snowden describe the original ideas for the prototype.

We have no idea the materials used, what the powerplant could be, but they want this thing very lightweight and extremely maneuverable-- like, bumble-bee maneuverable. We're thinking this thing's got to be at least the size of a car, mainly of because of it's intended use.

It appears that The Neutralizer will be used to disable small-arms from enemy combatants in situations involving gun-powder propelled ammunition. First designed for military use overseas, the potential for use on home soil are much more exciting.

The drone is equipped with a revolutionary metal detector that can sweep 360 degrees and identify over 3,000 different small-arms to within 2ft of accuracy. Once identified, the on-board computer system can track up to 50 separate small arms in real time, since the "gun radar" is operating at over 300 hz.

The most amazing thing about this metal detector is its range-- 2.5 miles. To put things into perspective, current airport metal detecting technology has a range of approximately 12-24 inches. The Gun Radar can distinguish between an AK-47 and a Baretta at a range of over 2 miles. Imagine these metal detectors installed at every airport around the world.

The threat of Metal weapons on flights could be virtually eliminated.

Imagine if every police car had one installed.

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Additionally, it comes equipped with a Magnetic Tractor Beam. The Magnetic Tractor Beam (MTB) works with the Metal Detector to lock onto potential targets. The MTB is effective at 1 mile. It shoots a direct ray of magnetic force that resembles a laser beam more than a magnetic field-- but that's what it is, a focused magnetic field.

The effect is just like launching a 1-mile long harpoon at someone's Glock, but this happens almost instantaneously, and your weapon is sucked away from you with the force of, shockingly, 1,000 pounds per square inch.

They have limited the targeting system not to lock onto targets weighing more than 100 lbs. This covers relatively every single small-arm in existence. If the weapon were to target, for example, something the size of a car, it would probably be powerful enough to drag the entire drone down in an instant. This is why the on-board computer must be completely trustworthy and extremely fast at distinguishing potential targets from dangerous targets.

Even more, the majority of the volume of the aircraft is due to an extremely large internal bay, which is more like a large hollow shell, which is supposed to be used to store all the weapons.

Original brainstorms show plans to store at least 100 or more weapons in the storage bay. That would make a pretty huge drone.

They also expect it to maneuver both like a plane and a helicopter, with movement as athletic as a bumblebee, so that it can potentially chase a Taliban through a mountain canyon.

There have been unconfirmed reports about its potential use in Africa. We suspect the NSA has used it on warring tribes and mercenaries to test its usefulness in live situations.

One soldier we interviewed explained that "God came and stole our weapons." No one can confirm seeing anything, however, they describe only what we can translate as a sonic boom. In an instant, about 20 or more rifles and handguns were ripped from holsters and hands and sucked straight up into the air. Some of them ripped straight though the ceiling and roof and shingles, leaving gaping holes in houses.

The only viable assumption was that this was God's work.

That is, until we came upon the original brainstorm for The Neutralizer drone from Edward Snowden's hard drive.

We thank him for sharing it with us.

 

[Reluctantly]

The Great Sterilizer
Shoots people with radiation that sterilizes their reproductive system. Is stealth to radar and has an invisible camouflage that projects light through it, so as to be invisible.

 

[Cognisant]

@Goku
You have got to be kidding, first of all there's the problem that many of the supporting technologies are themselves game-changing, if even half of this was currently possible the world would be a very different place and I'm not just talking from a tactical/political perspective.

Besides non-magnetic guns have been around for a while now
Everyone makes such a fuss about 3D printed plastic guns but the technology to make them from injection moulded high density plastic is dead simple and far more effective., heck you could just machine one out of a block of HDPE that might even be better.

 

[Goku]

@Goku
You have got to be kidding, first of all there's the problem that many of the supporting technologies are themselves game-changing, if even half of this was currently possible the world would be a very different place and I'm not just talking from a tactical/political perspective.

Besides non-magnetic guns have been around for a while now
Everyone makes such a fuss about 3D printed plastic guns but the technology to make them from injection moulded high density plastic is dead simple and far more effective., heck you could just machine one out of a block of HDPE that might even be better.

The magnetic tractor beam can also lock onto the gun-powder.

 

[Cognisant]

Gunpowder isn't magnetic, and besides there's many ways to make guns that don't use gunpowder, it's possible to use compressed air or mix gases in a combustion chamber, heck even a good old crossbow can still kill people.

 

[Goku]

Gunpowder isn't magnetic, and besides there's many ways to make guns that don't use gunpowder, it's possible to use compressed air or mix gases in a combustion chamber, heck even a good old crossbow can still kill people.

The Neutralizer can't be perfect.
But as far as the guns THAT DO use gunpowder,
consider those neutralized.

 

[Cognisant]

And what about grenades, what if I'm the vindictive sort who holds his grenades by the firing pins (within 2ft of my gun) so when it tractors them into the gun loaded cargo hold (assumedly full of live ammunition) the whole thing gets blown up?

Btw did you know there's powder grenades designed to clog up a weapon's firing mechanism, basically the powder clings to metallic surfaces and becomes really sticky when heated so the gun will fire once or twice and the firing mechanism jam up as the heated powder (now a sticky ooze) gets caught up in the slide and barrel.

 

[Duxwing]

Gunpowder isn't magnetic, and besides there's many ways to make guns that don't use gunpowder, it's possible to use compressed air or mix gases in a combustion chamber, heck even a good old crossbow can still kill people.

Bring me a crossbow with a thirty-round magazine and a nine-hundred round-per-minute rate of fire, and I'll eat my hat.

-Duxwing

 

[Cognisant]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4muBipy9-Q&desktop_uri=/watch?v=Y4muBipy9-Q

That slow-mo bit at the end ruins it a bit but you get the idea, if Qin was still around he'd probably be doing the exact same thing but with rangefinders and modern communications equipment so instead of being in one place his troops could be all over the place with concealed crossbows, able to set up, fire and move on in under a minute.

Imagine you're walking down a road in Baghdad, suddenly you're in the shade, you look up.
Oh shit

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DBDuvCYplu0

 

[Goku]

And what about grenades, what if I'm the vindictive sort who holds his grenades by the firing pins (within 2ft of my gun) so when it tractors them into the gun loaded cargo hold (assumedly full of live ammunition) the whole thing gets blown up?

Btw did you know there's powder grenades designed to clog up a weapon's firing mechanism, basically the powder clings to metallic surfaces and becomes really sticky when heated so the gun will fire once or twice and the firing mechanism jam up as the heated powder (now a sticky ooze) gets caught up in the slide and barrel.

clearly this is a major weakness of The Neutralizer; however, when opposing guerilla armies begin to plan against The Neutralizer, there is no rule stating that The Neutralizer MUST store the confiscated weapons in the storage compartment;

The Neutralizer could simple rip the weapon away from your grasp then release it. So, if you wanted your weapon back, you could go search for it in the jungle.